The Fair Share Report

296 Rt 565

Wantage, NJ 07461

The town corrects for market drift once a year — but only on average. This report measures whether this house drifted with the herd or away from it.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $284,118

Likely range $265,282 – $304,412, from 12 comparable Wantage sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 828 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

64.60%

The state's official measure of how far Wantage assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $284,118 home should be assessed near $183,540.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$135,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $48,540 below what the ratio math suggests (26.4%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Wantage home

$3.002 per $100 assessed

$2.064 Schools · 69% $0.589 County · 20% $0.349 Town · 12%

Step 5 · The bill

$4,053/yr
Public schools$2,786
Sussex County$795
Town of Wantage$471
Wantage average$7,966

This home vs. every recent Wantage sale · assessed ÷ market

Town median 57.9%
This home · 47.5%

39%80%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Wantage's normal band. The drift hasn't singled it out — no case for a tax appeal.

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
70 ALPINE RD2025-07$400,00085837.8%
720 RT 5192026-06$350,0001,02058.5%
61 FERNWOOD RD2026-05$149,00080568.3%
18 NORTH SHORE DR2025-10$320,00086440.7%
277 UNIONVILLE RD2025-05$260,00086060.7%
67 NORTH SHORE DR2025-09$300,00081634.1%
7 COURTLAND DR2025-08$380,0001,05451.8%
29 HILLSIDE DR2026-03$340,00098440.9%
14 WOODLAND RD2025-02$330,0001,03046.7%
31 BERGEN AVE2025-08$350,0001,05643.4%
146 MUDTOWN RD2026-01$285,00088556.6%
2 TOMAHAWK TR2026-02$340,00083644.5%

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